The National tribune., 1887-03-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts Of the
World.
ABROAD.

ABROAD.
An earthquake visited portions OF Italy last
week with appalling results. More than ] GOO
lives were lOst.--Gen. Wolseley expresses the
opinion that a great war is certain 10 devastate
Europe in the near future.--Nienna adyices
report incessant preparations in Poland. The
relations between Russia and the two other
empires are SO strained that official circles mo
longer attempt TO conceal their hostility. In
Poland the fort works are being rapidly armed
with Gatlings and Nordenfeldts rapid-shooting
shell-guns. and the rollingst0ck Of the railways
is being increased. Owing TO the war scare, the
emigration 10 America has greatly increased.
the emiglauts coming chiefly from Hesse, Nur-
temburg and Baden.-T There is great tension
i'm the relations between the Russian and
Chinese authorities. Russian officials think
that serious measures viii be necessary 10 re-
settle the frontier between Russia and China la
that portion Of the empire. AT Odessa, Feb.
p, Two Nihilists were arrested when about TO
sail for Turkey. They murdered their en-
p0yer, a rich landlord named Goroszelo, aud
his wife and eight children and several rela-
tiyes, and then decamped with the spois,
amounting 10 100000 roubles.-A riot oc-
CURED near Dublin, ireland, last Saturday.
During the disturbance a body of 100 policemen
charged with bayonets upon the mob, which
numbered fully 500. The crowd used stones
for missiles and many persons on both sides
were injured.
ABOUT PEOPLE
IL is reported that sam Jones, the cratic re.
viyalist, received $4,000 for one months work
in Boston.--ln the United States Senate.
Saturday, Mr.. Sherman vacated the chair as
president pro tempOre, and was succeeded by
Mr.. Ingalls,. Mr.. Sherman resigned, as his term
expires March 4-llon. Carl Schurz fell i'm
New York Saturday during the snow storm and
broke his left thigh bone The physicians at
fl..gl A.. Il
Gen. b. f. Builder fell on the slippery plat
form in Philadelphia as he was alighting FROM
q railroad car aud dlslOcated his left arm
Robert Nelson, MasterwoIkman of District No.
"a, Knights of Labor has been nominated for
Mayor of Chicago by the United Labor Party
Convention. Nelson is generally regarded as a
socialist-Messrs. Moody aud Sankey propose
10 erect building in Chicago 90 cost $250,000,
for the training of Christian workers They
will try and have similar buildings erected in
New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg
OBITUARY.
Hon. Alfred II. Brown, a member of the ILL.,
nOis Legislature from Edwards County, died
last night Mr.. Brown was a Republican aud
adevoted friend of Senator Logan. He is the
Representative who was taken TO Springfield on
1.-two yearsaeo while i'll, to vote for Logan for
Senator.-Mrs. Lydia Mcl.ane Johnston wife
of Gen. Joseph f. Johnston. died suddenly of
vi AhCoade idols 1ISs JhuheloI war
born in Wilmington, Del. i'm 1922, and was
married TO Gen. Johnston In lS45 i'm Balti-
more.-City Attorney Geo. c. Randolph, Of
Butte, Mont, was found dead in his room from
an overdose Ofmorphine Saturday night. Ran
dolph graduated In New York, where lac prac-
ticed 10 years. AT one time he ranked as one
OF the foremost members OF the bar of Montana.
Later he has been respondent and disSipated.
Judge nj. nj. Cohen the Oldest member of
the New Orleans bar, died in that city, aged
81. de was native of Charleston, S. C., but
had resided ia New Orleans since lS37.--
Mrs. DIR. VIM. Fithian, mother of Gen. John c.
Black, Pension Commissioner. aud Capt VIM.
i. Black, OF Chicago, died at Danyille H., last
week.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Judgment has been entered against Col w.
II. Bolton, formerly Superintendent of second
class matter at the Chicago postofice. for
$ls,600, the amount of his misrepresentation
About eight weeks ago family named Bald
win, living in Wayne County, New York, ate
some pieces Of raw ham. Within a day or two
they were taken sick with terrible pains in
their stonscbs and joints On Monday last
daughter aged % died. A post-mortem ex-
animation revealed the fact that her body was
full of trichine, and her stomach had the ap-
pearance of honeycOmb. The second daugh-
Ter, aged 10. has since died, and the third
daughter, aged IL, is just alive.--At Bellefont,
Pa, a gang of brcklayers were engaged in lin
ing the stacks at Valentines furnaces, when
the scafoiding gave way, preciptating IL men
10 the bottom of the stack Go feet. Five men
were killed and two Others fatally injured.
The seafiold had been weighted down with
5000 bricks.-A terrible cyclone struck
Eatonion, Ca, Saturday between four and five
O'clock. The academy was blown from its
foundations and wrecked and many residences
were badly damaged. blacksmith, named
Marshall, was killed by his shop falling on
him.-At POughkeepsie n ", Judge Bar
nard on Saturday refused TO grant further
stay ofproceedings in the case of Elk Alderman
ONeil, the convicted New York "bOOdler"
james Shepherd, formerly Superintendent
Of Police Mt Buffalo, n Y, and since then A
member OF the detective force, was killed
Saturday night by the blowing down of a
building. Mrs. Cart and her two children
were frozen 10 death at Holbrook, Ariz, dur
ing the blizzard recently.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Associa-
tiOn has resolved not 10 permit the erection of
any more monuments or memorials not of
granite or real bronze on grounds controlled by
the association. The 9th n Y is raising a
fund for the erection of monument on the
battlefield of Gettysburg largest oil
well IN Wood County, o., was struck last week
The How Is AZ the rate of 5000 barrels day
The well is owned by four members of the To-
ledo Produce Exchange.-lt is stated that
there has been discovered near Tuscaloosa Ala.
q bed OF rcd hematite iron ore is feet thick
which analyses 621 per cent of metallic iron.
and Is believed 10 be the most extensive and
valuable deposit Of the kind in the United
states.-Ihe majority report Of the New York
Legislative Committee which has been inyesti-
eating the cause Of the strikes, recommends a
law making il violation of public duty for
any corporation 20 agree with another corpora
ton, expressly or implicitly, 10 limit the pro-
ductlon OF fuel or food, or 10 prevent free vol
nntary labor OF person of suitable age for any
employer be may choose.-1n Chicago Judge
6arnett dissolved the injunction of Miss Nina
Van Iandt against Louis Epstein, museum
manager, restraining him from keeping on cx-
hibition wax figure of her. Owing 10 the no.
toricty obtained by the plaintiff growing out Of
her announced purpose 10 marry one Of the
condemned Anarchists, the defendant set M for
eAhlblton wax figure Of the woman, the ex-
hlbltlon OF which she sought 20 restran.-
flrst controller Durham has decided that there
rs no law under which duplicate bond can be
issued 10 the resident Of Chicago who recently
swallowed $1,000 coupon bond. in order as he
sald, TO prevent Its falling into the hands Of
burglars. He says that the statute bearing on
the subject provides for the issue Of duplicates
only IN cases where the original bond has been
lost OF destroyed without bad faith on The
part OF the owner"--The wife of a farmer
living IN The upper part Of Passaic County
N. D., presented her husband with twins l.
months alter her marriage. Two wears later
she gave birth 10 triplcts, and on Tuesday she
asionlshed her husband with quartet lie
says ats all right, as he can raise Them all aud